BOMPAS & PARR- Jelly Making Fun Times

I am a BIG Bompas & Parr fan. I love their fun (most important!), accessible, eccentric and ‘skies the limit’ approach to the experiences they organise/collaborate on, so when their newsletter popped into my inbox saying they were opening their HQ doors for a Jelly Making Workshop, I got straight on that! Jelly making fun aside, I was really curious to see their set up- to get more of an idea of what happens behind the scenes…

I loved having a snoop around their studios, and workshop where they experiment with a lot of their mould creation….

Some of the moulds in the studio.

Check out this replica iguana-esque dinosaur from The Dinosaur Court at Crystal Palace just casually hanging around on top of the cupboard.

….I also had a go on their vac form machine to create my own mould…

Flashback to CDT classes!

…We learnt some of the tricks to their previous experiences….

The luminous dye in the glass was used on their Chromatopsia installation.

…and in the kitchen we had a go at making all sorts of jelly concoctions with various techniques from Elderflower, Prosecco & Raspberry Jelly…

My favourite- so tasty!

…layering into a Clementine, marbling with campari and orange jelly…

…dabbling with some gold leaf, and then at the end, having full reign of the store cupboard ingredients to make whichever flavour we wanted. Who knew a Dark & Stormy could be made into a jelly with a gold leaf top? Pretty good though!

I don’t really want to go into too much detail about what surprises are in store for you if you sign up for the course. All I will say is, apart from jelly and mould making, you should expect a lot of fun, and you may be treated to pickles with magic properties, alcoholic wind, and jelly matter explosions! If you are interested in the workshop, snap up your place fast next time it’s advertised, as the next two sessions are already fully booked!